A 69,000-square-foot research and development facility is one of two new facilities the Greenheck Group will be establishing at its Schofield campus, the company said in a news release Monday.

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The massive, $17 million facilities expansion at the Schofield headquarters of the Greenheck Group is not mainly about adding jobs, according to the company.

What's a polite way to say this? That's not quite true. The creation of a new, 69,000-square-foot research and development center, announced Monday, is a huge and key boost to the local economy, for the company's 1,900 local employees and beyond.

On a project of this size, the construction itself will have economic ripple effects. But more important than that, it is a statement of confidence by Greenheck, which has expanded to China ...